http://www.photographytips.com.au/images/dwarfs-bull-fighting-pictures-photography.jpg
In this picture, a matador is depicted with a bull. Because of animal rights activists, the Spanish region of Catalonia held its last bull fight Sunday.
1. The monochromatic and neutral color of the sandy ground creates contrast to highlight the bull, and especially the red/pink matador.
2. Because the bull's back end is faced towards the camera, it makes the bull seem vulnerable. To achieve this, the photographer chose the bull's most fearsome features to be hidden by its less-fearsome rear, thus making the viewer not intimidated by the animal.
3. The matador's face is intently focused on the bull, showing a sort of prey-predator complex. The irony that a healthy bull –which would usually be the predator– is being predated upon by a matador makes the photograph's tone in reverence of the dominant force a matador can have.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Monday Matters #1
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/19/islamic-center-near-ground-zero-bills-first-big-event-as-centers-grand-opening/?iref=allsearch
(Sorry Mr. Heller, this is the first Monday Matters)
In this article regarding the opening of Park51, issues are raised of the insensitivity of making an Islamic community center near Ground Zero. A blogger even raised a protest against the photographs of children that will be exhibited in Park51, stating it tries to divert attention away from the ties the center shares with Islamic extremism. Regardless of opinions, this community center is going to open soon.
(Sorry Mr. Heller, this is the first Monday Matters)
In this article regarding the opening of Park51, issues are raised of the insensitivity of making an Islamic community center near Ground Zero. A blogger even raised a protest against the photographs of children that will be exhibited in Park51, stating it tries to divert attention away from the ties the center shares with Islamic extremism. Regardless of opinions, this community center is going to open soon.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/16/opinion/acker-davis-death-penalty/index.html?hpt=op_t1
In this article about Troy Davis' scheduled death penalty, James Acker comments on the consequences, both negative and positive, that it can have on a society. He positions himself to the side sympathetic of victims of the death penalty, calling it "an ineffective criminal justice policy" that is also prone to make mistakes. However, he also interestingly points out the dark optimism of being put on death row: that a criminal's best hope to survive is to actually be put in a situation of high media coverage, otherwise their name would be lost within the other lists of criminals sentenced to life without parole. In this, a twisted side of society is revealed, showing our capacity to only focus on the flashy aspects of the world –good and bad– while the mediocre is washed away because it is simply just that: mediocre.
In this article about Troy Davis' scheduled death penalty, James Acker comments on the consequences, both negative and positive, that it can have on a society. He positions himself to the side sympathetic of victims of the death penalty, calling it "an ineffective criminal justice policy" that is also prone to make mistakes. However, he also interestingly points out the dark optimism of being put on death row: that a criminal's best hope to survive is to actually be put in a situation of high media coverage, otherwise their name would be lost within the other lists of criminals sentenced to life without parole. In this, a twisted side of society is revealed, showing our capacity to only focus on the flashy aspects of the world –good and bad– while the mediocre is washed away because it is simply just that: mediocre.
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